I finally scratched that travel itch after more than a year in lockdown and flew down to Antigua for a much needed break from NYC! I had a few persons ask me why I went to Antigua so here I am making a blog post all about it.
Why Antigua?
If I’m being completely honest, Antigua was not on my radar at all! In fact in the weeks leading up our trip, hubby and I were actually planning our getaway for St. Lucia but it was next to impossible finding direct flights or anything with a reasonable travel time for our dates. So on whim, we started searching random destinations via Expeadia and Antigua made a great first impression. Antigua is only 4 hours by plane from NYC, with extremely low COVID infection cases and rates. Hubby and I are fully vaccinated but we still wanted to be as cautious as possible while vacationing. The island is very small and with low infection rates we felt pretty confident in choosing Antigua for our getaway.
A negative PCR test is required for entry to Antigua within 7 days of your trip. We saw a few persons being turned away at the airport for having either the wrong test or expired test result so I do recommend visiting the Antigua and Barbuda tourism website regularly for any changes to their travel requirements prior to your visit. Once on the island masks, social distancing, temperature checks, sanitization are the order of the day.